Serbian Patriarch Irinej in Eiterfeld

During the canonical and working visit to the Diocese of Middle Europe, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch visited the Serbian Orthodox monastery in Eiterfeld, on Saturday, June 21st.

The monastery is dedicated to the feast of Annunciation and Venerable Justin of Celije. The Serbian Patriarch was welcomed by the head of the monastery hiero-schi monk Justin (Raurer) with the faithful. A three-day convention of the Orthodox philosophers on bioethics from America and Europe was being held.

Along with the head of the monastery, the Patriarch visited works on the construction of the new church. The works began in December, when His Holiness consecrated the land and blessed the beginning of the construction..